Constant Nieuwenhuys-Compositie met vierkanten, 1953

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Compositie met vierkanten

1953
Towards a synthesis of art
58,9cm
x 59,4cm
oil paint
panel
Collection unknown

CID

7216

English title

Composition with Squares

Alternate titles

Compositie met vierkanten
1953 Archive entry

Signed/dated

signed and dated 'Constant ’53,' bottom right in black pen on gray fond

Provenance

1953 Constant
< 1965 Martin Visser, NL
< 1980 Herman Kater, NL
2007 Collection unknown (Sotheby's Amsterdam)
2022 Collection unknown (Adams Amsterdam Auctions)
Tags
Abstract
Black
Blue
Brown
Green
White

Frame dimensions

90 x 90 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Au boudoir, ca 1984

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Au boudoir

1984
Late period
paper
watercolour
Collection unknown

CID

6016

Circa 1984

English title

At the Boudoir

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom right in pencil

Provenance

1984 Constant
1987 Collection unknown (Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, NL)
Tags
Erotica
Nude
Pink
Sepia
White
Woman

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/New Babylon schilder, 1977

Photographer

Unknown

ZT/New Babylon schilder

1977
Late period
gouache
paper
watercolour
wax crayon
Collection unknown

CID

6003

English title

No TItle/New Babylon Painter

Signed/dated

Signed and dated, Constant '77, bottom right in black pencil on grey/green fond

Provenance

Constant
Tags
Art
Black
Brown
Green
Grey
Painter
Pink
Red
Studio
White

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/La Japonaise, 1977

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

ZT/La Japonaise

1977
Late period
paper
watercolour
Collection unknown

CID

6001

English title

No TItle/The Japanese

Signed/dated

Signed and dated, Constant '77, bottom left in pencil on pink fond

Provenance

Constant
1978 Collection unknown (Collection d'Art, NL)
Tags
Art
Black
Blue
Culture
People
Pink
Red
White
Woman

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Cobraschilder, 1977

Photographer

Unknown

ZT/Cobraschilder

1977
Late period
paper
watercolour
Collection unknown

CID

6000

English title

Cobra Painter

Alternate titles

Le peintre
1978

Signed/dated

"Constant '77", bottom right in black ink on ocher fond

Provenance

Constant
1978 Collection unknown (Collection d'Art, NL)
Tags
Art
Black
Blue
Brown
Green
Grey
Painter
Red
Studio
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Het bordeel [II], 1994

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Het bordeel [II]

1994
Late period
17,8cm
x 23,0cm
aquatint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

3281

Edition: 25 [20 & V]

English title

The Brothel [II]
Tags
Black
Erotica
Grey
Nude
People
White
Woman

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Le poète [I], 1980

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Le poète [I]

1980
Late period
paper
watercolour
Collection unknown

CID

3255

English title

The Poet

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom center in blue watercolor
Tags
Art
Brown
Green
Man
People
Poet
Poetry
Red
White

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-De vogelman, 1949

Photographer

Unknown

De vogelman

1949
Cobra
30,0cm
x 24,0cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection, Belgium

CID

3195

English title

The Birdman

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '49, on the back (in 1988)

Provenance

1949 Constant
1949 Collection Christian Dotremont, Belgium
+- 1950 Collection Général Major Piet de Groof (Walter Korun), Belgium
1988 Private collection, Belgium
Tags
Animal
Bird
Black
Brown
Fantasy creature
Man
Red
White

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Vogel (Duif), 1952

Photographer

Unknown

Vogel (Duif)

1952
Towards a synthesis of art
64,5cm
x 50,0cm
gouache
monotype
paper
Private collection, NL

CID

3180

English title

Bird (Dove)

Alternate titles

Vogel (Duif)
1952 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '52, center left in pencil

Provenance

1952 Constant
Collection Steef de Vries, Schiedam, NL
1990 Collection Herman Kater (Chistie's Amsterdam)
2005 Private collection, NL (Sotheby's Amsterdam)
Tags
Animal
Dove
Pigeon
War
White

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Végétation, 1948

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Végétation

1948
Cobra
45,5cm
x 52,8cm
linen
oil paint
Collection De Heus-Zomer, NL

CID

3171

English title

Vegetation

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '48, center right in greay paint

Provenance

1948 Constant
1951 Henry Schou, Denmark
1987 Collection Willem M. Smit (Sotheby's London)
1993 Collection ABN AMRO, NL (through bankruptcy of Smit collection)
1994 Collection De Heus-Zomer, NL
Tags
Animal
Black
Blue
Figures
Green
Grey
Red
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

65,6 x 73,3 x 3,6 cm